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Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson

Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson

Female 1899 - 1986  (86 years)

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  • Name Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson  [1
    Nickname Babe 
    Birth 7 Oct 1899  Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 21 Mar 1986  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • LAMAR COUNTY ECHO '...of Dallas died Fri., March 21, at Meadowgreen Nursing Home. Fry and Gibbs conducted graveside services at 4:30 p.m. Mon. with Rev. Lane Park and Mrs. McLemore's granddaughter and her husband, Sharon and Stephen Goforth. Born at Biardstown, daughter of Robert W. and Mary Ada Womack Robinson. Her husband, J.R. [John Ray] McLemore, died April 30, 1961. She was a Paris High School graduate and attended Sam Houston State College in Huntsville and the University of Texas, East Texas State University. She taught school at Ashland, Blossom and Delmar in Lamar county. In 1961 she was a member of the first faculty at San Jacinto College in Houston. She retired in 1968. Was a former director of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Retired Teachers Assn. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Margret Finfrock, Dallas; 7 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. W. E. 'Mysie' Martin of Dallas. Was preceded in death by a daughter, Mysie Lee Kelly Phelps and a son, Lt. Col. John R. 'Pondus' McLemore.'

      Source:
      http://theusgenweb.org/tx/lamar/cemetery/
      (Courtesy of Debra Usry)
    Person ID I3422  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Robert M. Robinson,   b. Abt 1858, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Ada Womack,   b. Abt 1866, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage
    • Both of Robert and Ada's daughters were listed as teachers at the time of the 1920 census. Robert Lee Robinson Jr was a Farmer, as was his father.
    Family ID F1999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Roy McLemore,   b. 8 Jan 1896, Erin, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1961, Paris, Lamar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1920  Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Mysie Kelly Lee McLemore,   b. 30 Dec 1922, Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1978, Baytown, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. John Robinson "Pondus" McLemore,   b. 1 Sep 1930, Paris, Lamar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1982, Oxon Hill, Prince Georges County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     3. Living
    Photos
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae, Family Home
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae, Family Home
    The family home in Paris, Texas, possibly at 2343 Culbertson Street, which was the address of his residence at the time of his death
    McLemore, Roy and Babe, 1957
    McLemore, Roy and Babe, 1957
    John Roy and Willie Mae McLemore, just prior to the 1957 wedding of their eldest child, John Robinson "Pondus" McLemore in Homerville, Georgia
    Documents
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, relating to Roy's Military Service during the First World War
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, and the young couples courtship and early years
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, detailing Roy's lifelong passion for education
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae (Robinson) Family History
    From a digital scrapbook put together by Sharon McLemore Goforth detailing the families history, showing Roy and Babe with some of their children and grandchildren
    Headstones
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae
    McLemore, John Roy and Willie Mae
    Double headstone at Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
    Family ID F1322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Oct 1899 - Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Dec 1920 - Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Mar 1986 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Robinson, Willie Mae 'Babe', ca 1900
    Robinson, Willie Mae "Babe", ca 1900
    Babe as an infant, ca 1900, Biardstown, Texas
    Robinson, Willie Mae, Graduation Photo, ca 1920's
    Robinson, Willie Mae, Graduation Photo, ca 1920's
    B. 1900 Biardstown, Texas D. 1986 Dallas, Texas
    Wife of John Roy McLemore
    She was a Paris High School graduate and attended Sam Houston State College in Huntsville,the University of Texas, and East Texas State University

  • Sources 
    1. [S163] Kittell, Nan McCoy--Samuel McFarland McLemore and Descendants, Living Family History (Unpublished typescript ca. 1984, updated periodically).